Kirk Bovill
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Kirk Bovill | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Writer, Producer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Joni Bovill (1995 to present) |
Website | http://www.kirkbovill.com |
Kirk Bovill (born January 17, 1961) is an American actor, writer and producer. His film credits include 20th Century Women, Free State of Jones, Get on Up, Contraband, Texas Killing Fields, White Lightnin’, The Butterfly Circus, and God Bless America.
Early life
Bovill was born in Wayne, Nebraska, the son of Judy Bovill, a teacher, artist and writer, and Ron Bovill, a college professor, coach, writer and former actor who filmed national Wells Fargo commercials in the 70s as Mark Twain. After attending Aurora High School, he headed off to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where he graduated in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Biology. He coached women’s track as an undergraduate assistant at the school and was on the staff that won three national indoor team titles. He completed a master's degree in Journalism with a minor in Advertising at Louisiana State University in 1987. He coached women’s track as a graduate assistant and was on the staff that won LSU’s first two NCAA team titles. Also during his stay, he earned CoSIDA National Runner-Up Honors for writing the 1986 Track and Field Media Guide.
Career
Bovill started out at Hollywood’s The Comedy Store in the improv group that opened up the highly successful urban comedy show, Trippin’ on Tuesdays in 2006. The cast included Windell Middlebrooks.
He began his career in network television in 2007 as an armed enforcer in Hallmark’s Murder 101 opposite legendary Dick Van Dyke. He followed that with roles in a number of shows, including Criminal Minds, CSI, Ghost Whisperer, Leverage, Sons of Anarchy, Southland, and Days of Our Lives. His film breakthrough was British director Dominic Murphy’s dark drama, White Lightnin’, as the redneck killer Long which premiered at the Sundance and the Berlin International Film Festivals in 2009. The film is loosely based on the true story of Jesco White. Filming took place in Croatia.
That was followed up with several film roles including; the James Brown biopic Get On Up, with Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Chadwick Boseman, and helmed by Tate Taylor, Contraband with Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster and Giovani Ribisi, Texas Killing Fields with Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Butterfly Circus, God Bless America, Paramount's Circle of 8, and Footprints.
Recent television credits include a guest star turn on American Horror Story: Asylum, Grey's Anatomy, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He'll been seen in the 2016 films 20th Century Women and Free State of Jones.
He plays the whacky coop player Dick in the video game Dead Rising 3 which was introduced at E3 2013. The game is exclusively available on Microsoft Xbox One and was developed by Capcom Vancouver. The game sold in excess of one million copies in the first month of release.
He has released two critically acclaimed CDs with his wife, Joni Bovill under their indie label, Elmo Records. They have appeared on TV One's The Gospel of Music with Jeff Majors and have licensed their music to films. Bovill wrote all of the songs.
Prior to entering into the entertainment industry, Bovill was an international marketing executive in high technology for a number of years. He’s been published in technical journals.
Before that, he spent six years in the collegiate coaching ranks at the University of Nebraska as an undergraduate assistant and Louisiana State University as a graduate assistant in track and field.
Personal life
Bovill married actress Joni Bovill in Negril, Jamaica. Joni’s brother, Henry Green, is a member of the multi-Grammy nominated Gospel group, The Williams Brothers.
Filmography
Television
- Eleventh Hour (2008, 1 episode, as Concerned Father)
- Criminal Minds (2009, 1 episode, as Man)
- Leverage (2009, 1 episode, as Sheriff Delahoussaye)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009, 1 episode, as Dale Durney)
- Ghost Whisperer (2009, 1 episode, as Straight Jacket Ghost)
- Days of Our Lives (2009, 2 episodes, as Craftsman)
- Circle of 8 (2009, 1 episode, as Cop #1)
- Sons of Anarchy (2010, 1 episode, as PSNI #1)
- Southland (2012, 1 episode, as Crazy Bob)
- American Horror Story: Asylum (2012, 1 episode, as Phil)
- Grey's Anatomy (2012, 1 episode, as Brian Turner)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2014, 2 episodes, as Paul Haimes)
- Bosch (2014, 2 episodes, as Harry's Foster Father)
Film
- Murder 101 (2006, as Enforcer #2)
- The Adventures of Umbweki (2009, as Principal)
- White Lightnin' (2009)
- The Butterfly Circus (2009, as Jimmy - Painted Man)
- Footprints (2009, as Solitary Stranger)
- What Would Jesus Do? (2010, as James Clayton)
- Forgiveness (2011, as Tow Truck Driver)
- Fanaddict (2011, as Eccentric Husband)
- Texas Killing Fields (2011, as Boyfriend)
- God Bless America (2011, as Police Captain)
- Life's an Itch (2011, as Dr. Meyer)
- Contraband (2012, as Crew Member)
- The Trace (2012, as Manager #1)
- Bending the Rules (2012, as Meter Man)
- Neron (2013, as Detective Corrigan)
- The Den (2013, as Dale)
- The Sighting (2013, as Crazy Pete)
- Get on Up (2014, as Announcer)
- Last Supper (2014, as Pharmacist)
- Free State of Jones (2016, as Merchant)
- 20th Century Women (2016, as Carpenter #1)
Video games
- Dead Rising 3 (2013, as voice of Dick Baker)
References
- Horrorphile, Jun 22, 2010
- Film-Book, Sep 29, 2011
- Dark Horizons, Oct 14, 2011
- Omaha World Herald, Jan 19, 2009
- Palm Springs International Film Society
- Light Reading, Aug 16, 2002
- HGTV's Secrets from a Stylist with Emily Henderson, Sep 13, 2011
- About.com, Mar 2003